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TMI to conduct first 'hostile action' drill

(Middletown) -- The Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Dauphin County is set to conduct its first "hostile action" emergency drill under a new federal requirement.

The drill is set to begin at the plant this evening and last from three to six hours.

It's part of new federal requirements that the operators of U.S. nuclear power plants be prepared to handle a radiation leak emergency caused by an armed attack by terrorists, airplane strike or other scenarios.